Energy independence or bird killing eyesore?

When the Bush administration ignored T. Boone Pickens ambitious Pickens Plan Oil mogul and corporate raider decided he’d just have build support for the massive undertaking himself.

In the video accompanying the PickensPlan.com Web site, Pickens said that getting 20 percent of the U.S.’ electricity from wind and diverting natural gas to transportation could be done in 10 years “if there is the right leadership.”

“I am calling on the next President and Congress to take immediate action in the first 100 days of the new Administration to do whatever is necessary to make this plan a reality. We are asking the American public to get behind this plan and to help us reduce our dangerous dependency on foreign oil. This has to be the number one priority in the country starting today and that’s what this campaign is all about. I am also calling for a monthly report on the reduction in foreign oil imports and a monthly report on progress in the development of natural gas vehicles in this country.”

Picken’s even has a Facebook page for the plan.

Not everyone is overjoyed at some of the specifics of Boone’s proposals. Environmentalists worry that Pickens “Wind Corridor” could be disruptive to migrating birds, many communities in the US have fought wind turbine proposals, referring to the giant towers as eyesores.